Figure toy



Nmv. 15, 1927 1,649,045

W. D. TCKEL FIGURE TOY Filed March 27 1926 Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

WALTER lD. TICKEL, 0F QKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed March 27, 1926.

My invention relates to improvement in a figure toy; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a figure toy holding a bow and arrow; and second, to afford means for holding and releasing the arrow at will.

l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire figure toy; Figure 2, an elevation showing the hand holding the bowstring and arrow in a position to shoot; and, Figure 3, a sectional view showing means for hold ng the arrow in position and means for holding and releasing the bowstring.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the left hand 1 is held the bow 2, a nd resting thereon is arrow 3, held in position by the extended left arm 4:. In the right hand 5 is holding means and releasmg means to hold and release bowstring 6 and arrow 3, and held in position by the drawn right arm 5 Around the shoulders are straps 7, holding quiver 8. In right hand 5 is socket 9, in which the end of arrow 3 is placed with shaft of arrow 3 resting on thumb or finger of left hand 1, thus being held in position to shoot. Through socket 9 passes a latch 10 for the purpose of holding and releas ng bowstring 6. Latch 10 is held in a holdmg position by a tension spring or elastic cord 11; bowstring 6 being drawn in groove 12 in hand 5 and placed behind, or caught by, latch 10, the arrow 3 being placed in socket 9. Bowstring 6 is released by pulling on cord 13, attached to latch 10, moving the end of latch 10 clear of groove 12 and releasing bowstring 6, which comes in contact with end of arrow 8, causing the arrow to be thrust or shot a considerable distance.

The figure may be made of plaster Paris, Wood, metal, rubber, or any suitable material. The bow oan be made of pliable wood or metal. The bowstring can be made of rubber or suitable elastic cord. I prefer to make the arrows of paper or other light material so as to render them perfectly harmless so no one could possibly be injured by the shooting of them.

Serial No. 97,923.

I claim:

1. A figure having a rigid extended arm and a rigid retracted arm, a bow disposed in the hand of the extended arm and having a bow string, the string when retracted being under strain, a latch mounted in the hand of the retracted arm and adapted to engage the bow string and hold it retracted, said hand having a socket to receive the shaft of an arrow, the socket being intersected by the latch, and manually operable means for releasing the latch.

2. A figure having a rigid extended arm and a rigid retracted arm, an elastic bow disposed in the hand of the extended arm and having a bow string, the string when retracted placing the bow under strain, a latch mounted in the hand of the retracted arm and adapted to engage the bow string and hold it retracted, the hand having a socket to receive the shaft of an arrow, said socket intersecting the latch.

A figure having a rigid extended arm and a rigid retracted arm, a bow disposed in the hand of the extended arm and having a bow string, the hand of the retracted arm having a slot extending inward toward the palm of the hand and intersecting the fingers of the hand, and having an arrow socket constituting an enlargement of said slot, a latch mounted on the hand of the retracted arm and adapted to operate across said slot to engage the bow string and hold the bow string retracted, and manually operable means for releasing the latch.

4:. A figure having a rigid extended arm and a rigid retracted arm, a bow disposed in the hand of the extended arm and having a bow string, the hand of the retracted arm having a slot extending inward toward the palm of the hand and intersecting the fingers of the hand, and having an arrow socket constituting an enlargement of said slot, a spring projected latch mounted in the hand of the retracted arm and normally extending across said slot to hold the bow string in a retracted position within said slot, and manually operable means for releasing the latch.

5. A figure having a rigid extended arm and a rigid retracted arm, a bow disposed in extending across the said slot to hold the bow string in a retracted position within said slot, and a cord attached to the latch and extending downward through the figure and adapted to be pulled to manually release the latch.

WVALTER D. TICKEL. 

